Stifling air quality marked qualifying for 2020's first slam, ending hopes for some of a season-changing, main-draw place The year's grand slam action got under way on Tuesday at a Melbourne Park wreathed in noxious fog. Organisers of the Australian Open delayed the start of play by an hour but that was still not enough to avoid the nightmare scenario of a player on their knees hacking in agony and short of breath. This is an event that sells itself to the world as the happy slam. Qualifying rou...
No soft launch for Australian Open as Melbourne chokes on smoke | Jonathan Howcroft
The Guardian - 14 Jan 2020 19:00
Stifling air quality marked qualifying for 2020's first slam, ending hopes for some of a season-changing, main-draw place The year's grand slam action got under way on Tuesday at a Melbourne Park wreathed in noxious fog. Organisers of the Australian Open delayed the start of play by an hour but that was still not enough to avoid the nightmare scenario of a player on their knees hacking in agony and short of breath. This is an event that sells itself to the world as the happy slam. Qualifying rou...
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